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Travel Photography Scholarship 2012entry

India | Thursday, November 15, 2012 | 2 photos

Camera's have the ability to lie, to peel back untruths to the victims beneath. Their results can shock or inspire. They can capture a moment and show a person something they may have never seen in such a way before.
I like all this very much, it's why i lugged my age old nikon across 7 countries and rode with it across 8000 kms of Australian desert last year at just 18 years of age. I've crawled into shed beams and walked kilometres through barren saltbush plains hunting for a picture. I've travelled to 8 countries, 6 of those solo to discover what lies beneath the tourist traps, the glitz and glamour to smiling faces, real people, real families and real adventure.
I've always rather liked the idea that although half the time journalits are sent to write an angle, photographers are sent to find the angle.
I like getting dusty, battered about and frozen solid all in the persuit of a story or photo, I guess i love the thrill of the chase and would very much like to add a solid base of technical skill to my well developed surety that this is what i want to do for the rest of my life.

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